Both followers and enemies of Judaism sometimes claim that the Torah cares only about Jews. Yet, the first substantive (i.e., non-introductory) word of Sefer Vayikra indicates that all people – Jews and non-Jews – can bring offerings to the Beit Hamikdash, the holiest place on earth:
"Adam ki yakriv mikem korban laHashem – If any man brings an offering near unto Hashem" (Leviticus 1:2). "Adam," according to Rashi and others, includes non-Jews. Thus, amazingly, "at the very portal of the laws given for the Jewish Temple, an inscription is made that opens this Temple to all men – not exclusively to Jews," writes Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch. "Every human being can bring his offering here."
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